With five games left this season after Thursday’s 5-2 Ducks victory at Columbus, Ducks right wing Teemu Selanne is five goals away from the magic 50 mark and 10 points short of 100.
It would be a stretch for Selanne to achieve either number, but a two-goal game or a hat trick, or another four-point night like Thursday, would make one, the other or both possible. Selanne had gone a season-high four-games without a point before Thursday, but as he showed with three third-period assists and an empty-net goal, he is capable of scoring binges. Certainly, there are more important things, like winning the Pacific Division and playing well going into the Stanley Cup playoffs, for the Ducks to focus on, but there is plenty of reason to root for Teemu. And who knows? Maybe Selanne has been giving George Parros tips. After bagging his first goal of the season a night earlier in Chicago, Parros had two or three quality scoring chances Thursday.

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